Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-16
VETERAN F1REmEN,s BALL.

A Large Crowd Present-The Veterans
 Grand Mareh-Many Visiting Fire
 men Take Part.
 The seventh annual ball of the Veteran Firemen's association took place at Lincoln rink last evening and was success in every way. The rink had been prettily decorated for the occasion and with the many pretty costumes of the ladies and the uniforms of the iremen pretty scene was presented. Thomas orchestra rendered concert before the dancing began and was well appreciated. The grand march took place shortly after g o'clock and fully three hundred couples took part in it. The march was in two sections, one being led by MT. George w. Bean and ! Mrs. Alice Spencer, the other by MT. George | Rowland and Mrs. Groso. After the march
 dancing was begun. About 10 o'clock the
 veterans march took place and was the fea- ture of the evening. All of the veterans present and the visiting f1remen took part in
 this march. Many old veterans who were unable to dance stepped out gxyly when the ! music struck up for this march. Dancing was again resumed after the march and con | tinued until morning. Many prominent cit | izens were present during the evening. At
 intermission the visiting fremen were
 escorted to the Grand Union Hotel, where 8 ! were made by many of the Vets and
 by the visitors. The visiting fremen were | Chief Whitlock of the West Ansonia fire
 department; George E. May, foreman; A. D. | Krom, first assistant; H. w. Manville, Geo. Lewis, John Perkins, all of West Ansonia. | The above fremen represent the West Anso-
 mia fire department and they came to this l city in bus. They are fine body of men l and belong to the company which SO royalty
 entertained the veterans when they made l their visit to Ansonia last September. From l Bridgeport came Charles H. Wright, S. C.. | Salmon, A. M. Baker and F. A. Gra- | ham. There were also present Edwin l P. Corbusier, Southport; c. A. Tomlinson,
 J. P. Began, J. Kennedy, Milford; $. E. Cot
 ter, H. $. Holbrook, Ansonia; s. G. Blake
 man, H. Hodge, Horace Wheeler, Shelton; | W. H. Andrews, B. A. Reachel, Frank Bur
 rows, Frank Green, Milford. Many of the l visitors were accompanied by ladies. The | ball on the whole was very successful in every | way, and proved to be enjoyable one. The prompting was done by w. w. Smith of An sonia, who has acquired reputation through out the State. A number of active fremen of this city were present. The committee | who had charge of the affair were as fol lows:
 Floor committee, red badge-A. J. Ken nedy chairman: George w. Bean. first assis- tant; Edward D.. Smith, second assistant; Charles H. Hall, John M Hendrick, George w. Corbusier. Clark NJ. Loomis, John Laugh lin, George H. Rowland, Luther E. Jerome, Frank H. Cummins, George L. Ives, Richard Martin, George A. Peckham, B. F. Guyer, Edward Caldwell.
 Reception committee-Thomas E. Twitch- ell, chairman, George w. Stoddard, M. N. Atwater, Hiram Camp, Thomas Lawton, A. 0. Hendrick, N D. Sperry, I. F. Davis, H. L. Clark, John H. Pardee, Charles E. Hayes, A. R. Goodnow, George w. Bailey, Charles F. Lavere, Henry How'd and G. A. Basser- man.
 House committee, blue badge-Joseph Cunningham, chairman; Lent Bishop, first assistant; Charles Doty, second assistant; Theodore A. Cooper, Charles w. Berkele, E, Smith, Frederick Schuessler Benjamin F. Crockett, Charles H. Goodrich, Augustus Bodwell, George B. Miller, Henry Martin, Henry w. Rompf, H. J. Hunt, Louis Le Bars